Cowboys ready for the Eagles blitz

IRVING – The Eagles have long been known for their blitzing prowess, but they rarely did it in Sunday’s 24-0 loss. That prompted Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo to say afterward he expected Philadelphia to bring “every blitz ever invented” in Saturday’s playoff game.

But Dallas coach Wade Phillips isn’t so sure that’s what the Eagles will do. And if it is their game plan, Phillips is confident Romo can handle the pressure.

“We’ve played some teams that have blitzed against us and have had trouble,” Phillips said Monay. “I don’t have any control over what they do, but sometime you look at it and you blitz Romo and Miles Austin gets free for a big, big play. We handle the blitz pretty well, and I don’t know that people will go into the game say, ‘Hey, we want to blitz them all the time.’ They can do what they want to do, but I think Tony’s pretty good against the blitz. We’ll see. If they blitz more, they blitz more.”

Eagles coach Andy Reid didn’t tip his hand after Sunday’s game.

“We’re going to go back and look at everything,” Reid said. “That’s what we felt we needed to do. Maybe we do the same thing next time, maybe we do something different.”